Car-replacer.



E. B. WRIGHT.

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APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 7, 1912.

1,093,960. Patented Apr.21, 1914.

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EDWIN B. WRIGHT, OF I-IOXIE, ARKANSAS.

CAR-REPLACER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914.

Application led March 7, 1912. Serial No. 682,102.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN B. WRIGHT, a citizen of the United States,residing at HoXie, in the county of Lawrence and State of Arkansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Beplacers, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to that type of devices commonly known as carreplaeers, and has for its object to produce a device of this characteradapted to be placed over the track rails, the formation of the samebeing such that the wheels will be guided to the rails to assume theirnormal position thereon.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts hereinafter described,illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claimhereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form,proportion, size and minor details of construction within the scope ofthe claim, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a plan view showing a pair of the blocksarranged in operative position upon the track rails. Fig. 2 is a bottomplan view of one of the blocks. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of thefinger. Fig. 4 is an end View of the device.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the block, kthe samebeing formed with a base 2 and a longitudinal side rib 3, which extendsthe entire length of the base. The block further consists of a pair ofopposed triangular surfaces 4, said surfaces forming triangularguide-ways, said guideways being formed by the side rib 3 andconvergingly arranged flanges 5. The blocks 1 are thickest at theirtransverse centers, thus the surfaces 4 slope toward their outer edges,so as to permit the truck wheels to Each block is provided in its undersurface with a longitudinal groove 6, said groove being for the purposeof receiving the rail, and preventing lateral displacement of the block.The groove 6 is formed in the block adjacent the rib 3, and spacedtherefrom by the shoulder 7 thus forming flange passages 8.

Formed in the surfaces 4, and near the outer ends of the flanges 5 aresockets 9 and 10, and in each of which may be removably mounted theshank 11 of a tongue 12, said tongue being provided with a point 18,which is adapted to contact with the inner surface of the flange 5, andas shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing, the tongue is in a position to permitthe wheels of the truck to pass through the passages 8 upward and overone of the surfaces 4, and to be guided by one of the converging flanges5 to the other surface 4, the wheels then being guided upon the rail bythe rib 3 and tongue 12, which is positioned so that the point thereofrests against the flange 5, the tongue 12 acting to guide the wheels tothe rails after traveling both surfaces 4. By providing the flangepassage 8, the wheel flange will be positioned in its proper relationwith the rail before the wheels leave the blocks. From this constructionit will be obvious that the tongue 12 may be shifted from one socket tothe other as the occasion may require, the position of the tongue beinggoverned entirely in what direction the wheels are to be moved forrerailing.

What is claimed is:

A car replacer consisting of a base, a side rib for said base, alongitudinal rail receiving groove formed in the under surface of thebase, a pair of triangular surfaces formed upon the base and arranged inopposing relation, convergingly larranged flanges disposed opposite theside rib to form guideways for the wheels, flanged passages located atthe ends of the replacer adjacent the side of said side rib, two socketsformed in said surfaces, and an interchangeable tongue having a shankfor detachably engaging with either one of said sockets, whereby thewheels are guided to the rails.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

EDWIN B. WRIGHT.

Witnesses:

PAT WHALEN, TROY Poor.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve centseach, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C,

